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Richard DeVos Jr. Helps The Community Through The DeVos Family Foundation

Hailing from Michigan, Richard DeVos Jr. or Dick DeVos as he is more commonly known is the son of entrepreneur and businessman Richard DeVos Sr., the founder of the large healthcare product provider – Amway. Since 1984, Dick DeVos has been working at the company, and overseeing all the operations that the company conducts in the numerous countries that it performs its operations in. Currently, Amway is operational in over fifty countries and is one of the largest healthcare and nutrition suppliers in the country. Dick DeVos worked at the company for several years and in the middle left to start up his own business called Windquest Group, which undertook the manufacturing and merging of numerous smaller furnishing stores and traders. Using his expertise and all that he learned while managing Amway, Dick DeVos led his newfound company in the direction of success.

The company proved to be hugely successful and contributed to the enormous amount of wealth that Dick DeVos possesses. But his heart beckoned to rejoin the family business as his father wanted him to fulfill the position of president of the company. Using his excellent managerial skills, he was able to translate them to the employees and the company to make it the success it is today. While doing this, he continued to lend his help the Windquest and assist them with all their operations. Handling so many companies and large organizations, one would think that Dick DeVos already has his hands full, but that isn’t all this man does.

One of the main reasons why Dick DeVos is so well known throughout the country is owing to the significant amount of philanthropic work that Dick DeVos does. DeVos is married to current Education Minister of the United States, Betsy DeVos. Along with her, Dick DeVos established his organization for the benefit of society and to help those who need aid. With that in mind, the DeVos Family Foundation came into existence and since then has created quite an impact on numerous people.

The foundation’s primary focus is on education and uplifting those who cannot receive a high quality education due to financial limitations. The organization is known to provide scholarships to students who have shown exemplary talents at their schools. These scholarships are given to them for the purpose of helping them enroll and afford private school education so that they may develop their skills to their fullest potential and help contribute to society.

Through the DeVos family foundation, Dick DeVos has also made efforts to help the environment around him to benefit the community. The Foundation donated a significant amount of money to organizations that were working towards mitigating the high amount of pollutants in the water around and Laka Macatawa in Ottawa County.